Beer-faucet.



Patented lune l9, l900..

N0. 65|,999. H. S. JOHNSON.

BEER FAUGET.

(Application filed Apr. 16, 1897. Renewed Mar. 29, 1900.)

(No lodel.)

%'fnesses UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM S. J OHNSOlV, OF OANAAN FOUR CORNERS, NEW YORK.

BEER-FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,999, dated. June 19, 1900. Application filed April 16, 1897. Renewed March 22, 1900. Serial No. 9,787. (No model.)

To all whom izimay concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM S. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canaan Four Corners, in the county of Columbia and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Beer-Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to beer-faucets of the class known as lock-valve faucets; and it consists in the combinations of devices and elements hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims 5 and the object of my invention is to provide a two part or sectional faucet in which one part comprises a screw-plug adapted to close the usual faucet-receiving perforation provided in the head of the cask or vessel and having in it a lock-valve and adjuncts thereto which can only be operated by a key having correspondence of its operating part with an adjunct of said valve for holding with the same, and in another part a key having a central bore and provided with a discharge-opening and a water-tight closing-cap, also providedwith a dischargeopening and adapted to be turned to register at will one of said openings with the other,: whereby the contents of the cask may be drawn from or be stopped from a flow from the same at will of an operator. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- is a sectional view of the same.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a faucet em-' bodying the improvements in this invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the same from its outside with parts shown in section. Fig. 3 is an end view of the faucet ondotted line 1 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section taken at dotted line 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a view of the screw-threaded plug, taken from its front. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 7 is a view of the revolving valve, taken at its forward end. Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the valve-keeper. Fig. 10 Fig. 11 is a front View of the retaining-nut, and Fig. 12 is a section of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

'Ais the screw-threaded plug screwing into the head of the cask or other vessel, having flange a, provided with notches A A for be hereinafter pointed out.

'Wtll c, integral with said plug.

engagement with a suitable wrench for conthe plug, so as to require a correspondencev of the one with the other, and these guards b b are shown to be of dilferent sizes for engagement with notches of different sizes and respectively corresponding in the key, as will 0 is the valvechamber in said plug, which chamber extends from the rear end inwardly and is preferably contained in an inwardly-projected This valve is made with a tapering form from its outer end toward its inner end and communicates with the chamber B through the valve keeper chamber D. One or more perforations 0' through wall 0 of the valve-chamber O serve as inlet-ports to the outlet of the valve working within said chamber.

' Eis arotating valve having its valve-head e of tapering form forcorrespondence and nice fitting in the valve-chamber C, so as to produce a water-tightjoint between. This rotating valve is provided with screw-threaded stem 6 and squared middle portion a? and the longitudinal central perforation. E and transverse perforation a which is adapted to register with the perforations c in wall 0 of the valve-chamber O. A nick B is also proengaging with an instrumentfor holding the valve 13' from turning when the parts therewith are being adjusted and set.

F is the valve-keeper of diameter corresponding with the chamber D and provided with a central square perforation f, corresponding with the square portion 6 of the valve-piece E for holding with the same. The lower side of this keeper F bears against the bottom of chamberD and is provided on its forward end or side with one or more engaging devices f, made, preferably, in the I form of projections f, Figs. 1, 9, and 10, for

engagement with coacting engaging device of a key to be employed with this faucet.

G is a retaining-nut provided with notches vided in the rear end of the valve-head for have with it a screw-threaded end portion (not shown) for receiving a tube or pipe.

be of any preferred length and formand be adapted to no (Not shown.) This key is centrally perforated from its rear end forwardly to nearits forward end thy-the discharge-bore h, which; communicates with the discharge-outlet h,

and 2a The rear end of the discharge-'per- -foration h is enlarged to produce chamber H forreceiv'ing the retaining-nut G. The rear "end portion of the wall of this key is enlarged to aJdiameter corresponding with the diame' "ter of chamber B of the plug A,and projected from the rear end of this enlargement H of;

said bodyof thekey is the annular pro-jec-i :ti'on'h of diameter corresponding with the diameter of the chamber D, receiving the same, as shown in Fig. 1, and in the rear end of this'annular projection are notches h for; -receivingtheengaging devices f in the valve- 1,

keeper F. Integral with the metal of the en-l o-largement H are sections of a flange whichi form tongues 01 '6 of width anddiameter cor res'pon'dingwith the annular groove bin the i fore :part of chamber B-of plug A, so as tol nicely fit the same, and tongues 'id, integral 'with tongues M and of greater width than the latter, as shown in Fig. 2, so that these tongues i-an'dvl will alternate. Between the "terminals of these tongues i and i'are openings I I, corresponding with guards b", re-j 4o 'spectively, andadapted to receive the same and permit the narrower tongues/i i'to have place opposite to groove band work in the same to the limitallowed bythe tongues 43 i when the keyis revolved in a proper direc- V 45 -tion-and until the wider tongues t" strike "guard-s b, where the-former joins with tongues 1; Pi, which'latter'hold's in-with groove 1) and -1re-tainsthe. key in placeand permits the key *to havegiven it a quarter-turn for revolving 5oi th e' v-alveE a quarter-turn in either direction i'for throwing the transverse perforation 6 into -regis'trationwith inlet-perforations c or the reverse, accordingly as-said'key is turned.

I is a gasket arranged between the rear end 5 5 of key H and thebottom wall of chamber B of "theplug A for making a gas and water tightj joint between. I

'il'is the discharge-closing cap, made with-a tapering bore, so as to nicely fit the slightly-* 6o-taperingend portion of the key, as'shown in- "Fig. 1. Thisclosing-cap'is provided with a discharge-per'forationj, through the wall portio-n of said cap'at a point adapted to regis- -ter -wi th rthe-outlet-opening h from boreih-of; the key, and at will be turned awayfrom the purposes set forth.

same, as may be required for opening the key for drawing liquids through the same or closing it against a discharge of the liquid. A retaining-pin 3', working in a short notch or groove 9' in the upper side of the key, holds thisclosing-cap in place and both allows and limits the rotary movement of said cap on the key.' Finger-pieces J are provided on this cap for convenience for revolving the samein either direction.

K K are. arms integral with the body of the key H or secured thereto for convenience in p turning said key in either direction when remade through the Wall of the key from its I 5 lower side tosaid bore h, as shown in Figs. 1

quired.

' When the parts of this faucet are combined and assembled as described and as shown in Fig. 1, revolving the key H in onedirection "will cause perforation e in the valve to be registered with perforation c inthe rearward projection of plug A, when the liquid in the vessel may readily flow'into the bore of the key H, but will not be discharged therefrom until theoperator turns the cap J in a proper direction, and when so" turned the liquid will continue to be discharged from the faucet until either the saidcap J or-the key H is turned in a proper direction, and whenboth-saidcap ,J and key H are turned in proper direction for vcutting off the flow from the cask-orother vessel a double closing of the discharge-of liquid will be efiecte'd. At will an operator may by turning'the key in a'proper'direction so turn the valve E as to close the same, and when so closed-he may by turning the key so that the openings'l I betweenthe respective tonguesz'd' register with the guards b b of the plug A disengage said tongues froma holding in said groove 'and remove the key from the plug A.

Having described myinvention, what I -claim,-and'desire to secure *by Letters Patent; is-'- I -1. Ina lock-valve faucet thecombination and arrangement withthe faucet-key I-I, hav-' ing for its rear end portion the-enlargement H provided with flange form tongues it in I tegral with the wider flange-form tongues t" t" for holding with a screw-threaded plug and having its outer endportion tapering and its body having in it the longitudinal discharging-bore h, running from its rear-end intake forward to-the lateral discharge-outlet h',-and short'notchor groove j in-said taperingportion,-;of the discharge-closing cap J, having a tapering boreor chamber nicely receiving the tapering, forward portion of said keyH and provided withthe discharge perforation j adapted to be registered with the discharge perforation or outlet 71, in said key, and the retaining-pin j" holding with cap 'J'an'd work ing in groove j, substantiall-yrasand for-the 2. In a lock-valve faucet, the combination with ascrew-threaded'plughaving-atapering valve-chamber and akey-chamber, "of a ta pering valve-piece having a central perforaner end and engaging notches 72, substan= tion and an outlet therefrom, a valve-keeper tially as and for the purposes set forth. provided With one or more engaging perforations f, and nut described, of a key having HIRAM JOHNSON 5 a central discharge communicating with the Witnesses:

central perforation of the valve-piece and ALEX. Snmzmw provided with annular pro ections at its in- 1 CHARLES SELKIRK. 

